What a treat this was. Totally transformed since my initial tasting. The rich and dark raspberry dominant fruits are starting to settle down and broaden into a beautiful river of rippling flavour, with perfumed aromatic highlights. The mid-palate is developing nicely with sweet french herbs acting as an opener, and chocolate spearmint milk on the finish. The tannins are very fine gained and supple in the mouth, with good acidity in support giving a sherbet like twang to the finish. Magical and enthralling.
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Dark fruits, pepper, vanillin oak. Fruit still dominant. The palate has smooth tannins, medium finish. Still young. Not sure this is a 'keep for 10 years' wine. Should do better in 3-5 years though
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Drank this over two nights this time. Definitely better on the second night, where the dark fruits and pepper spice and smooth tannins have come together into a nicely balanced, delicate sort of wine (delicate for a Barossa that is). What I like is how the attack glides effortlessly to the smooth finish, without anything much jutting out.
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4/28/2019 - A_Steady Likes this wine: 92 Points
Very nice Shiraz
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9/9/2018 - Delectable Blue wrote: 93 Points
What a treat this was. Totally transformed since my initial tasting. The rich and dark raspberry dominant fruits are starting to settle down and broaden into a beautiful river of rippling flavour, with perfumed aromatic highlights. The mid-palate is developing nicely with sweet french herbs acting as an opener, and chocolate spearmint milk on the finish. The tannins are very fine gained and supple in the mouth, with good acidity in support giving a sherbet like twang to the finish. Magical and enthralling.
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6/13/2017 - AnonymousCoward Likes this wine: 89 Points
Dark fruits, pepper, vanillin oak. Fruit still dominant. The palate has smooth tannins, medium finish. Still young. Not sure this is a 'keep for 10 years' wine. Should do better in 3-5 years though
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1/20/2017 - A_Steady wrote: 91 Points
Full body, earthy Shiraz that punches above its weight. Balanced, benefitted from a bit of breathing time
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12/3/2016 - AnonymousCoward Likes this wine: 90 Points
Drank this over two nights this time. Definitely better on the second night, where the dark fruits and pepper spice and smooth tannins have come together into a nicely balanced, delicate sort of wine (delicate for a Barossa that is). What I like is how the attack glides effortlessly to the smooth finish, without anything much jutting out.
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